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Young Reader's Choice Award

The Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award is the oldest children's choice award in the U.S. and Canada. The award was established in 1940 by a Seattle bookseller, the late Harry Hartman, who believed every student should have an opportunity to select a book that gives her or him pleasure.

Nominations are taken only from the children, teachers, parents and librarians of the Pacific Northwest ~ Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia, and Alberta. Nominated titles were published three years previously, printed in the U.S. or Canada and are already favorites with the readers. Only 4th to 12th graders in the Pacific Northwest are eligible to vote. In March, 1999, over 56,000 young readers voted for this prestigious award.

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2002

  • Junior Division 4th-6th grades: Bud, not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis
  • Intermediate Division 7th-9th grades: Mary, Bloody Mary Carolyn Meyer
  • Senior Division 10th-12th grades: Rewind William Sleator

2001

  • Junior (4th-8th grades): Holes Louis Sachar
  • Senior (9th-12th grades): The Boxes William Sleator

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